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#444
"I think #440 is wrong. The problem should not be that they are killing Americans, or like the person said: his/her "fellow Americans;" the real problem should be that they are killing human beings. (To #440) Think a little bit outside your "American pride." How can you wish a united world if you are putting tags on every person? Your post should read "if your ideology leads you to kill any human being, it's perverted in my book" and then you wouldn't oppose #437 (btw I don’t know if you understood #437 correctly)"
#443
"Everyone I met at CPW was a star.
I feel like I am nothing special - I'm not a nationally recognized mathematician or scientific student.
I'm so ordinary, it's a bit scary.
But that's how I know I'm so blessed. I am so, so blessed because for some odd reason, the admissions committee saw that I just love MIT and will do anything to thrive there. "
#442
"I can't wait for this semester to end because I'm feeling less and less like myself again. I'm tired of drowning in these feelings of anxiousness and alienation. I wish it would stop."
#441
"It's perfectly understandable to enforce a no purses/bags/backpacks rule on West Campus no matter how inconvenient it is to us students .. Nevertheless, I complied and carried my items in hand to and back from the Stud which wasn't the easiest task .. All this time all the first row ladies at the Memorial were strolling around with their Gucci and Chanel purses .. Seriously? What happened to no one's above the law?"
#440
"I think #437 is completely wrong. I thought diversity was just an old wooden ship - if your ideology leads you to kill my fellow Americans, it's perverted in my book."
#439
"I've already comMITed, but I'm worried that I'm too normal. I know they say that the committee doesn't make mistakes, but I'm not a genius."
#438
"I miss my ex boyfriend from high school so much. Looking back I realize how horribly I treated him and how undeserving I was of his love. Nonetheless, I really really miss him. We went from being friends to lovers to nothing at all. I've matured and wish I could prove to him that I am a better person. He's in a new relationship now and it eats me alive. I want him back but he won't talk to me. I don't know what to do anymore. :( "
#437
"I went to Officer Sean A. Collier’s memorial. I am so disappointed. The chief of the MIT Police and Sean’s brother, Andrew, gained my respect, sympathy, and admiration. However, “The Honorable Elizabeth Warren” and “The Honorable Joseph Biden, Jr” have no characteristic to be honored. We went to mourn the loss of an admirable human, not to hear the unfounded, offensive, and racist comments that the Vice President had to say. There is no reason to classify other’s ideologies as “perverted” just because they are not the same as ours; there is no reason to insult others and judge them without letting them have a fair trial. “We will not be intimidated” he said; I am tired of hearing that, and besides I am sure that no family member of a person who has been lost in this useless battle wants to hear that, so don’t come to a Memorial with those brainless, overly-used quotes. I would have advised the Vice President not to say anything; I would respect him more if he would have done that.
Still, what disappointed me the most was to see the people stand at the beginning and end of that stupid speech, and to applaud those brainless remarks. They should truly learn from Officer Collier’s example, to embrace diversity, and truly accept it, even if our ideologies are different. The only time we have just reason to reject them is when our life is being threaten by the disparities of opinion. “Honorable” should be in front of Officer Collier’s name or any other officer who is risking his/her life to protect us, not in front of the name of a person who has done nothing but talk nonsense. We should have stood when Andrew Collier talked so beautifully about his brother, or when John DiFava talked so eloquently and truthfully about his own experience and what he knew about Sean Collier. I am guilty of not standing when they finished speaking, but at least I was not one of those thousands who stood up and/or clapped when the insensible finished speaking."